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Getting the Electric
- Author
- Louise Hegarty
- Narrator
- Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 April 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Short stories
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What to expect
'Louise Hegarty can do anything. She's fearless. And I loved these playful, clever, perfect stories' - MARIANA ENRIQUEZ
'Phenomenally talented' - THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Borges for the CMAT generation' - THE IRISH TIMES
Are you ready to play?
Have you ever found yourself doom-scrolling, worrying about that weird pain in your leg, only to have your plans for the day completely trashed by the appearance of a literal axe-wielding troll?
What about that time you came across a perfect double of yourself in the street?
Or the gorilla suit you put on one day only for it to fuse with your skin?
When those children went missing from your village, did you know for sure it was the electricity that took them?
And down in the basement of your ancestral family home, what is it that’s making that THUMP . . . THUMP . . . THUMP . . .
Bold, funny, and wild, Louise Hegarty’s debut collection will turn you upside down and inside out, if it doesn’t take you apart completely.
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PRAISE FOR FAIR PLAY
‘A treat . . . Takes on the biggest questions of life and death’ - Paul Murray
‘Dazzling' - Colin Walsh
‘Brilliant’ - The Times
‘Ingenious’ - The Telegraph
‘Terrific’ - The New York Times
‘Heartbreaking’ - The Guardian
‘Sally Rooney meets The Secret History’ - The Sunday Times
Critics Review
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Louise Hegarty can do anything. She's fearless. And I loved these playful, clever, perfect stories
Mariana Enriquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
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Melancholy, comic and tender . . . Hegarty has a gift for constructing uniquely weird worlds with something dark burning at the core
Leon Craig, author of The Decadence
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Formally promiscuous, dark, jolting and rapturous . . . It’s difficult to imagine a more perfect dispatch from 2020’s Ireland than Borges for the CMAT generation – and here it is
The Irish Times
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Details
- Author
- Louise Hegarty
- Narrator
- Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan
- Duration
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035037575
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Short stories
Synopsis
'Louise Hegarty can do anything. She's fearless. And I loved these playful, clever, perfect stories' - MARIANA ENRIQUEZ'Phenomenally talented' - THE SUNDAY TIMES'Borges for the CMAT generation' - THE IRISH TIMESAre you ready to play?Have you ever found yourself doom-scrolling, worrying about that weird pain in your leg, only to have your plans for the day completely trashed by the appearance of a literal axe-wielding troll?What about that time you came across a perfect double of yourself in the street?Or the gorilla suit you put on one day only for it to fuse with your skin?When those children went missing from your village, did you know for sure it was the electricity that took them?And down in the basement of your ancestral family home, what is it that’s making that THUMP . . . THUMP . . . THUMP . . .Bold, funny, and wild, Louise Hegarty’s debut collection will turn you upside down and inside out, if it doesn’t take you apart completely.* * * * *PRAISE FOR FAIR PLAY‘A treat . . . Takes on the biggest questions of life and death’ - Paul Murray‘Dazzling' - Colin Walsh‘Brilliant’ - The Times‘Ingenious’ - The Telegraph‘Terrific’ - The New York Times‘Heartbreaking’ - The Guardian‘Sally Rooney meets The Secret History’ - The Sunday Times
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